CVS bans cigarettes, but will others follow?

Smart move by CVS to end cigarette sales CVS Caremark says it hopes it is "setting an example" by declaring that it will stop selling cigarettes at its more than 7,600 retail pharmacies. Whether the move will have an impact on other...

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CVS Caremark pharmacies Halting Sales Of Tobacco

published:05 Feb 2014

CVS Caremark pharmacies Halting Sales Of Tobacco

CVS Caremark pharmacies Halting Sales Of Tobacco

published:05 Feb 2014

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CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the US, will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, its chief executive has said.
The announcement drew swift praise from President Barack Obama, who said the move would save lives.
The 7,600 CVS shops in the US will have tobacco products off the shelves by 1 October, CEO Larry Merlo said.
The move will cost the company about $2bn (£1.22bn) in annual revenue but is \"the right thing to do\", he said.
\"Tobacco products have no place in a setting where healthcare is delivered,\" Mr Merlo said in a videotaped statement posted on the publicly traded company\'s website.
\"When we asked ourselves where we expect to be in the future as a healthcare company, it became clear that removing tobacco products from our stores is the right thing to do.\"
\'Powerful example\'
Mr Merlo said CVS Caremark, which employs 26,000 pharmacists and nurse practitioners, would be the first national pharmacy chain to take this action.
He said the company\'s employees worked every day to help patients manage chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, which he said were aggravated by tobacco use.
And he said the company would launch a smoking cessation programme in the spring, aimed at those who want to quit tobacco.
CVS Caremark, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, made $125bn in sales last year.
In a statement released by the White House, Mr Obama, who has himself struggled with a cigarette habit since he was young, applauded the decision.
\"As one of the largest retailers and pharmacies in A...

CVS Caremark pharmacies Halting Sales Of Tobacco

published:05 Feb 2014

views:68

CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the US, will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, its chief executive has said.
The announcement drew swift praise from President Barack Obama, who said the move would save lives.
The 7,600 CVS shops in the US will have tobacco products off the shelves by 1 October, CEO Larry Merlo said.
The move will cost the company about $2bn (£1.22bn) in annual revenue but is \"the right thing to do\", he said.
\"Tobacco products have no place in a setting where healthcare is delivered,\" Mr Merlo said in a videotaped statement posted on the publicly traded company\'s website.
\"When we asked ourselves where we expect to be in the future as a healthcare company, it became clear that removing tobacco products from our stores is the right thing to do.\"
\'Powerful example\'
Mr Merlo said CVS Caremark, which employs 26,000 pharmacists and nurse practitioners, would be the first national pharmacy chain to take this action.
He said the company\'s employees worked every day to help patients manage chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, which he said were aggravated by tobacco use.
And he said the company would launch a smoking cessation programme in the spring, aimed at those who want to quit tobacco.
CVS Caremark, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, made $125bn in sales last year.
In a statement released by the White House, Mr Obama, who has himself struggled with a cigarette habit since he was young, applauded the decision.
\"As one of the largest retailers and pharmacies in A...

CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the US, will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, its chief executive has said.
The announcement drew swift praise from President Barack Obama, who said the move would save lives.
The 7,600 CVS shops in the US will have tobacco pro

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CVS Caremark

CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) is an American drug retailing company with a U.S. pharmacy chain. CVS Caremark provides pharmacy services through its over 7,000 CVS/pharmacy and Longs Drugs stores; its pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic; and its online pharmacy, CVS.com. CVS Caremark Corporation is chartered in Delaware, and is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where its pharmacy business is also headquartered. The pharmacy services business is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company was #18 in the 2010 Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in the U.S., and is the largest company that has operations solely in the United States.